Some interesting interviews and articles!

January 10th, 2009 • Press

Hello everyone,

With Defiance floating about, Jamie has been popping up a lot on the Internet with online interviews and articles. I think I might even have to set up a new section of the website dedicated to press material, haha. Anyway, I have found three interesting reads for you all. And thanks to Tia again for linking me up with the Times Online interview!

Jamie Bell escapes the shadow of Billy Elliot
The best thing about meeting Jamie Bell is that you just meet Jamie Bell. Someone tells you to be at a certain spot at a certain time (in this case, a steamy diner on New York’s Fifth Avenue at 10.30am) and he just shows up, says hello and decides that he could murder a coffee. There’s no PR in tow to chaperone him, to manage his schedule, to smile tightly when he swears emphatically (which he will do), or when he spends more time talking about football than his latest film projects (the previous day, his team, Arsenal, had beaten Chelsea 2-1). In fact, by the time he’s posed by a slew of New York landmarks, skimmed stones on the East River, ordered a slice of pepperoni at a Brooklyn pizza joint, browsed a hip bookstore, dropped into a Greenwich Village café and, finally, hit a cosy bar serving strong Belgian beer, he’ll have given up about ten hours of his day. Which, for a working film star, is pretty good going.

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Daniel Craig Steps In To Save Jamie Bell
James Bond star Daniel Craig proved himself a true hero when he used his clout to halt the filming of new movie Defiance – after co-star Jamie Bell fell ill onset.

The pair was shooting outdoor scenes for the war drama on location in Lithuania when the freezing conditions sent Billy Elliot actor Bell close to hypothermia.

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Accent Worry
Daniel Craig was so worried about speaking Russian in new movie Defiance, he practiced his lines in secret so nobody could hear him.

The James Bond star, who appears alongside fellow British actor Jamie Bell in the war drama, was nervous as he tried to master the language for the role.

And Bell reveals no one on set was confident about speaking their lines – because they sounded so bad.

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